FLEA, FLEA-INFESTED
ADJECTIVES
► LOPPY infested with ‘lops’ or fleas → 1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PULICIOUS flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite → M19
► PULICOSE flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite → M18
► PULICOUS flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite → M17
NOUNS
► ACTIVE CITIZEN a flea → E19 sl.
► ARKANSAS LIZARD a flea→ 1910s US sl.
► BED-FLY a flea → 1873 Eng. dial.
► BIDDY a louse; occasionally, a flea → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACK ARMY a swarm of fleas → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACK-BOY a flea → 1867 Eng. dial.
► COOTIE a flea or louse. esp. one affecting humans → 1910
► COOTIE CARNIVAL a search for fleas or lice → Amer. World War I sl.
► CREEPERS body lice, bedbugs, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh → 19C Brit. sl.
► FAUF a flea → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► F SHARP a flea → c1860 sl. obs.
► HOPPER a flea → L19 Irish sl.
► LIGHT INFANTRY fleas → 1894 sl.
► LIVE STOCK fleas, body lice, etc. → 1785 sl.
► MECHANIZED DANDRUFF lice or fleas → 1944 US military sl.
► MOBILE DANDRUFF lice or fleas → 1941 US military sl.
► NANCY LEE a flea → 1931 rhyming sl.
► PANTS RABBITS pubic lice; body lice; fleas → 1918 US sl., chiefly military usage
► PULICOSITY the condition of being flea-infested → M17
► SEAM RAT a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug → 1899 Amer. dial.
► SEAM SQUIRREL a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug → 1899 Amer. dial.
► VLEER a flea → 1825 Eng. dial.